By DEVI SHASTRI AP Health Writer Indiana health officials announced a measles outbreak Wednesday, with six cases that have no known links to the outbreaks in several other states. The U.S. has more than double the number of measles cases it saw in all of 2024. Texas is reporting the majority of them with 505.
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By Sean Lyngaas and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The State Department on Friday formally notified Congress it is effectively dissolving the US Agency for International Development and moving some of its functions under the department. The reorganization will be done by July 1, the State Department said, sounding a death knell for USAID, a
Continue ReadingPor Ivonne Valdés, CNN en Español La presidenta de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, reiteró este viernes su rechazo a los aranceles anunciados por el Gobierno de Estados Unidos sobre los vehículos y autopartes importados, y afirmó que México buscará fortalecer el tratado comercial entre ambos países y Canadá (T-MEC) para competir con otras regiones del mundo,
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By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is extending his efforts to influence American cultural and artistic institutions to the Smithsonian Institution – a sprawling organization that encompasses the National Zoo and a collection of museums that anchor tourism in the nation’s capital. In an executive order signed Thursday night, Trump put Vice
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By Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — Paleontologists have discovered a newly identified fish species in Australia so well-preserved that they could determine its last meal — dating back up to 16 million years to the Miocene Epoch. Researchers unearthed the fossilized freshwater fish, named Ferruaspis brocksi, at the McGraths Flat site in central New South
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By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press A large wildfire in the South Carolina mountains has doubled in size on each of the last three days. But fire crews have been able to keep the blaze away from structures. Firefighters battling the Table Rock Mountain fire have concentrated on saving lives and property by digging fire breaks
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By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. and Lithuanian troops and authorities are struggling to drain a swampy area in Lithuania in an ongoing effort to recover four American Army soldiers who went missing three days ago. The soldiers’ armored vehicle was discovered submerged in 15 feet of water and so far
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The following AP stories are planned for today or have moved. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— KANSAS – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US–MEASLES OUTBREAK-EXPLAINER DESCRIPTION: An update on measles cases in Texas and New Mexico. UPCOMING: 900 words, photo by 3 p.m.
Continue Reading The following AP stories are planned for today or have moved. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— KANSAS – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US–MEASLES OUTBREAK-EXPLAINER DESCRIPTION: An update on measles cases in Texas and New Mexico. UPCOMING: 900 words, photo by 3 p.m.
Continue Reading The following AP stories are planned for today or have moved. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— KANSAS – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US–MEASLES OUTBREAK-EXPLAINER DESCRIPTION: An update on measles cases in Texas and New Mexico. UPCOMING: 900 words, photo by 3 p.m.
Continue Reading The following AP stories are planned for today or have moved. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— KANSAS – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US–MEASLES OUTBREAK-EXPLAINER DESCRIPTION: An update on measles cases in Texas and New Mexico. UPCOMING: 900 words, photo by 3 p.m.
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By BRIAN SLODYSKO and MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge challenging the outcome of his North Carolina Supreme Court race was photographed wearing Confederate military garb and posing before a Confederate battle flag when he was a member of a college fraternity that glorified the pre-Civil War South. The emergence of the
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By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah became the first state to prohibit flying LGBTQ+ pride flags at schools and all government buildings after the Republican governor announced he was allowing a ban on unsanctioned flag displays to become law without his signature. Gov. Spencer Cox, who made the announcement late
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By VALERIE GONZALEZ and JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Drenching rains along the Texas-Mexico border trapped hundreds of people in flooded homes and in cars stranded in high waters, scrambling rescue crews to calls for help that continued Friday even as the downpours let up. At least four people died, including
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By HILLEL ITALIE and AARON MORRISON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s executive order titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” targets the Smithsonian Institution — which has, he contends, “come under the influence of a divisive, race-centered ideology.” Critics have pushed back, saying the order is an attempt to whitewash
Continue Reading By HILLEL ITALIE and AARON MORRISON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s executive order titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” targets the Smithsonian Institution — which has, he contends, “come under the influence of a divisive, race-centered ideology.” Critics have pushed back, saying the order is an attempt to whitewash
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By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — An already fragile ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah appeared to be on shaky ground Friday after rockets fired from Lebanon into northern Israel triggered Israeli airstrikes in the suburbs of Beirut. The rocket launch from Lebanon was the second in a week, after
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) – The St. Joseph School District is looking to use a new method to prioritize and teach the qualities defining future SJSD graduates. A survey was sent out by SJSD, seeking community input in November to get opinions from various stakeholders on the different qualities a SJSD graduate should possess.
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By MATTHEW BROWN, HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and MEAD GRUVER Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah has become the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water, pushing past opposition from dentists and national health organizations who warn the move will lead to medical problems that disproportionately affect low-income communities. Republican Gov. Spencer Cox
Continue ReadingBy Charly Edsitty Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Police believe a man’s fight and frustration to obtain refugee status led him to murder the man trying to help him in southwest Houston. Like the suspect, the victim was also from Afghanistan. He lost both of his legs working for
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By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The administration of President Donald Trump is investigating Maine with a claim that dozens of school districts in the state violate federal law by withholding information about students’ gender transitioning from parents. The U.S. Department of Education said it launched the investigation on Friday, the day
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — A St. Joseph native and military member has earned the position of a Sentinel guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Awarded the 732nd badge since it was first established in 1958, Josh Habeeb is now a Sentinel guard. With a prestigious position like this, his accomplishment was
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By Alaa Elassar, Yon Pomrenze and Brynn Gingras, CNN (CNN) — A Connecticut woman accused of imprisoning her stepson for nearly two decades and subjecting him to starvation and relentless abuse pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges including assault, kidnapping and cruelty. Superior Court Judge Joseph Schwartz denied the state prosecutor’s request to place
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The KINDNESS Saint Joseph event is meant to foster and encourage kindness in the community.
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By AARON FAVILA Associated Press ABOARD BRP JOSE RIZAL, South China Sea (AP) — The United States, Japan and the Philippines on Friday staged joint naval drills to boost crisis readiness off a disputed South China Sea shoal as a Chinese military ship kept watch from a distance. The Chinese frigate attempted to get closer
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By The Associated Press Associated Press Even before a powerful 7.7-magnitude quake hit Myanmar on Friday, more than 3 million people in the country had been displaced, and hundreds of thousands were cut off from vital food and health programs as a result of a destructive four-year civil war that international groups claim has indiscriminately
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A local pilot academy based at Rosecrans Memorial Airport recently graduated its second pilot as it closes in on a year of operating.
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